A Few of My Favorite Things -- On Ice!

My favorite program by Ashley Wagner and one of my favorite short programs of all time. Her speed is amazing!

Moving to the Sidelines

The 2012 Adult National Figure Skating Championships start today, and I'm not there. I'm more sad because it's the only place I get to see most of my adult skating friends than over the fact that I am not getting to compete. After winning a medal in final round at Adult Nationals, and getting a podium spot at the ISU's international adult competition in Germany, it's been hard to keep inspiring myself to keep going now that I had conquered all the competition mountains I had wanted to climb when I first started.

This is actually good, because now my son, who used to loathe figure skating so much that he would sit on the ice and play with the snow instead of participate in the tot class, is now completely in love with it. He is working on his qualifying-level dances with his new partner and also trying to keep up with his freestyle. He skates 5-6 days a week, and it is tough -- a LOT tougher than the training I did as an adult skater! -- but every time I ask him if he wants to quit or stop, he says no way. He also LOVES the elite figure skaters, and the few times he has gotten to meet his heroes in person, my usually-chatterbox son goes mute in awe. :) Needless to say it is great to have another skating fan in the house!

So I suppose this means I am on the second stage of my journey in skating -- that of skater supporter (and my son's #1 fan, of course). And I'm excited to see where this goes.

Even if watching him compete is 1000 times harder than being out there on the ice competing myself!